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Dan Szymborski FanGraphs Chat - 4/9/20

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Dan Szymborski

12:24

Probably Tebow.

Kingpin

12:24

For fantasy baseball purposes, I'm thinking that RPs will see a bump in value while SPs will see a drop. If a SP goes from 180 to 140 IP, but a RP may only see a drop in IP from say 70 to 60. Does this make sense?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

It's possible. I think we might see more long relievers without the worry that you're throwing them out there for 80 games

Sir Nerdlington

12:24

Cubs need to shed 5-7M on salary if the guys on supply contracts make the team. With prorated salaries does that mean they need to move a 10-14M contract if they play half a season?

Dan Szymborski

12:24

Well, they don't NEED to

And I'm not sure.

12:25

There are a lot of questions that are still up in the air.

Dank Train

12:25

How do you see Aaron Civale projecting over the next 5 years?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I think he'll be FINE, but not like a #2 guy or anything

Chris

12:25

If the minor league season is cancelled would that effect how teams draft. Like would injured guys be drafted based on talent since everyone is missing a year of development. Would young guys go earlier and old guys later. Would fast tracked prospects move up even more? Would hitters who typically take longer to develop move down?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

I suspect that teams will go younger. Younger players have more time to make up for a lost season

Dbo

12:25

The trash can banging is going to be super obvious if they do fanless games

Chris

12:25

Could tebow have started in baseball for Florida when he went there?

Dan Szymborski

12:25

Probably.

Given his minor league performance.

12:26

Like, he's not even remotely a prospect and he'd be a frigging awful MLBer, but he's not hitting like a pitcher.

And he'd probably be a better defensive player if he wasn't out of baseball for a decade.

Dank Train

12:26

So wait, you are saying the Earth itself is not a ravioli? It meets the criteria: a solid outer shell with a molten interior

Dan Szymborski

12:26

Earth is not a ravioli.

Aceman

12:26

You as high as zips on Solak over next 3 years,making trade and need to choose between him and Arraez

Dan Szymborski

12:27

I relaly like them both. I think Solak's more interesting in real life, but Arraez BA will likely give him fantasy edge

Dbo

12:27

Tim Tebow really should have started a deli called Tim Tebow's T-bones

Masks

12:27

I kinda want to see baseball with goalie masks.

Siri

12:28

which would you keep in H2H OBP/SLG h2h category league: Keston Hiura or Mike Moustakas? I’m in win now mode.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

Moustakas, but only because you're win-now

long-term, I'd obviously MUCH rather have Hiura

Sum

12:28

Dan, the weather is weirding in your hometown of Baltimore. just FYI.

Dan Szymborski

12:28

What's going on?

12:29

I just checked my old zip code (21204) and it's 62 with some thunderstorms.

Is it like raining gobstoppers or something?

Dbo

12:29

I'm of the mindset that the ravioli must be encompassed by dough, I do not subscribe to these radical ravioli theories

Hire Joe Morgan?

12:29

If a jellyfish ate a fish and a turtle ate the jellyfish, is the turtle eating a jellyfish^2 ravioli? Or would the turtle have to do the construction?

Dan Szymborski

12:29

The turtle has to construct it

Dank Train

12:29

I always forget the time in this chat is Eastern. I had a heart attack because I thought I missed an important meeting, but it's still 30 minutes away. Petition to have the time changed to the time zone of the reader to avoid any future fatalities

Dan Szymborski

12:30

I will petition TO MAKE EASTERN TIME THE ONE TRUE TIME

Dbo

12:30

Catchers already wear goalie masks

Hire Joe Morgan?

12:30

Real catchers wear catcher's masks and a backwards shell.

Dank Train

12:31

Real catchers don't wear knee-savers